Cash-tally



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J. C. FISK.

CASH TALLY. N0.'356,227. Patented Jan. 1.8, 1887.

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CASH TALLY. No. 356,227. Patented 13.11.18, 1887.

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llNiTEn STATES PATENT Erice.

JOHN CALHOUN FISK, OF CARLYLE, lLLlNOlS.

CASH-TALLY.

ESPECFICA-.TIGR forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,227, dated January 18, 1387.

Application filed May l5, 1886. Serial No. 202,255.

To @ZZ whom t may conceive:

Be it known that I, JOHN CALHOUN Fisk, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Carlyle, in the county oi' Clinton and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Tallies; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class ot devices known as cash registers or tallies, which have a series of disks or plates concentrically journalcd, and provided with a series of numbers around their periphery, said plates or disks being located side by side, and operated by disks journaled on a common axis to one side of the numbered disks with which they mesh, said operating-disks being actuated by a tripping mechanism connected with each for iniparting an independent movement to each disk, and through it to the corresponding numbered plate or disk, the mechanism being so constructed that ai'ter a disk has been moved a certain number of units or made a complete revolution a continued movement of the same disk will canse its mechanism to mesh with or engage that adjacent, so as to advance its disk one unit.A

The object ofthe present invention is to siniplify and improve the operating mechanism of the class of devices, whereby the same will be compact in forni and positive in operation.

It consists inthe novel features of construction and combination of parts, more fully hereinafter set forth and claimed, and shown in the accompanyingr drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view, parts broken away, of a cash-register of my construction embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a front View, partly in section, of a portion of the casing and operating mechanism. Fig. 8 is a detail side view of the disks and their operating mechanism. Fig. liis a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the parts in a diiterent position. Figs. 5,

6, and 7 are detail views of parts detached, and Fig. -8 is a rear view, parts broken away, of the disk-operating mechanism.

(No model.)

The casing A has` a slot, c, or a series of openings, through its top near one edge, and has a series of keys or rods, B, located near the opposite edge. A series oit' disks, C, journaled on a shaft or common axis, C', are providedwith a series of numbers about their periphery, preferably decinially arranged to correspond with the fractional parts or units of currency.

Each disk is provided with atoothed rim or gear-wheel, C2, secured thereto, which meshes with a corresponding gear-wheel, D, loosely journaled on a shaft, D, which forms a common axis for all the gear-wheels D, which are arranged at stated intervals apart, and provided with short tubular extensions d, projecting from each in the same lateral direction, and separated by rings or washers d. Ratchetwheels c, keyed to the short tubular projection d, preferably near their outer` ends, have a number of teeth corresponding with the units on the disks, so that at each depression of the keys or rods B they will be moved only one tooth, thus causing the corresponding numberdisk to move Yforward one unit.

The rods or keys B are arranged preferably to move substantially in a vertical line through the top of the ease, although they may be arranged to work in any desired direction, and are held in a retracted or normal position by suitable springs, preferably coil-springs b, located near and surrounding their upper ends, so as to fold within the caps B/ when the keys are depressed.

Levers F,bifurcated at each end in planes at right angles relative to each other, have one end,f, titted on the tubular extension d, and the other end, f,embracing the rods or keys B and engaged by stops b', extending laterally from the rods or keys. One of the bifurcations of the ends f is extended, and a coilspring, G, connecting therewith, returns the levers to a normal position after being actuated. An arm, f2, projecting laterally from one ot' the bifurcations of the englsf of each lever F, 'forms a pivotal support fora pawl, G', which engages with the ratchet-Wheel c, and nieves the same forward step by step at each depression of the key B, the stop Zi of which, engaging the lever, depresses said lever correspondingly therewith. Aspring, G, secured ICO at one end to the arm j, bears upon the pawl and keeps thesamein contact with the ratchetwheel.

4The above construction would be sufficient if each key were to operate a single disk, but it is expedient that when one disk has made a complete revolution the same be registered 'or carried by moving the adjacent disk of a higher denomination by a continued movement of the same disk, and that, too, should two or more keys be used simult-aneously, and so on throughout the series. To effect this result the mechanism now to be described has been devised.

The cam-plate di, keyed to the end of thetubular extension d, is arranged to contact with a trip-finger, H, pivoted upon a shaft, H', at the end of a complete revolution of one of the disks,to actuate the same. A link, h, connects each trip-finger with the heel of a lever, I, journaled upon a shaft, I', the outer end, fi, of which,curving` or bending downward,contaets with the end of a link, j, pivoted between the bifurcations ofthe slotted endfl of a lever, F, to depress the same when the trip is operated by the cam di. The links 7' are connected with the keys I3 by a second link, j', forming a toggle-joint. The levers I are provided with slots i to permit the passage of the keys. The cam is of such length as to hold the trip elevated during several depressions or movements of the keys, which correspondingly lowers the bent or curved end t' of the lever I. Vhen in this position, the lever F is partially rotated about its axis or support (l, and is held at a distance from the stop b by the upper end of the link 7' contacting with the under side of the lever I, the curved end of which is of such length that when the key B is depressed the link j will likewise be depressed, and by reason of its connection with the link 7` will depress the saine, carrying with it the lever F, the outer end ol' the link 7' riding ou the curved end i of the lever I during the operation.

The lever F is actuated in the first instance by the stop b, and in the second instance by the links 7' 7 and the end 1? of the lever I. Pawls or detcnts J, bearing on the ratchetwheel, prevent any backward movement thereof, as is manifest.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a tally or register, the combination, with the registering disks and wheels in contact therewith, of an operating rod or key, a

stop, a lever engaged by the stop, a pawl pivoted to the lever, links connecting the lever and key, a second lever having a curved end, a trip-finger connected with the latter level', and a cam moving with an adjacent disk to aetuate the trip and operate the curved lever for operating the pawl-earrying lever independent of the key, whereby the registering on and carrying to the disk of higher denomination may be done simultaneously should more than one key be used at a time.

2. In a tally or register, the combination, with a registering disk and an operatingwheel, of a key or rod, a lever, a pawl pivoted thereto for actuating the operating-wheel, a lever having a curved end, and links connecting the key with the pawl-carrying lever toggle-joint fashion and limited in their outward movement by the curved end of the curved lever, whereby the pawl carrying lever is moved to advance the operating-wheel, substantially as set forth.

3. In a tally or register, the combination of the registering-disks, an operating-wheel, a tubular extension, a ratchet-wheel keyed to the outer end of the extension, a lever mounted on the extension between the ratchet-wheel and operating-wheel and having a bifureated or slotted end, a pawl pivoted to the side of the lever and bearing on the ratchet-wheel, the operating-key passing through the slotted end, and astop on the key for engaging the end of the lever, substantially as and for the purposes described.

et. In a tally or register, the combination of the registering-disks, an operating-wheel having a tubular extension, a ratchet-wheel keyed to the outer end of the extension, an operating-lever pivoted on the extension between the ratchet and operating-wheel and provided with a bifureated end, a pawl pivoted to the side of the lever and bearing on the ratchet, a key passing between the bifurcations of the bifurcated end ofthe lever, a pair of pivoted links connecting the key with the bifureated end of the pawl and carrying-lever, and a slotted lever having a curved end contacting with the pivoted end of the links and limiting their outward movement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CALHOUN FISK.

Vitn esses JOHN J. MCGAFFIGAN, STERLING P. BOND.

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